A few weeks ago the people at Sumo Lounge contacted me. They wanted to know if I would like a free Sumo Emperor chair to review. Having done a review of a Sumo product previously, knowing my kids like them (the old one is currently in my daughter's bedroom), and being a sucker for anything "free" I said "Sure!" They shipped one to me a couple weeks after that.
The product arrived in a huge box. We opened it up, cut away the plastic wrap (that serves both as protection as well as a shrinking mechanism), and the thing started to expand (we knew it would since we had another one, so we opened it up in our living room where there was plenty of space.) When it was all out of the box, we had a 55" x 25" bean bag chair in the middle of our living room!
Now that we've had it a few weeks, I'll give you what I see as the pros and cons of the Sumo Emperor:
What I Like
Anyone else out there ever tried a Sumo product? What did you think of it?
The product arrived in a huge box. We opened it up, cut away the plastic wrap (that serves both as protection as well as a shrinking mechanism), and the thing started to expand (we knew it would since we had another one, so we opened it up in our living room where there was plenty of space.) When it was all out of the box, we had a 55" x 25" bean bag chair in the middle of our living room!
Now that we've had it a few weeks, I'll give you what I see as the pros and cons of the Sumo Emperor:
What I Like
- Good size. Not as humongous as the last one we got.
- Looks decent. This one has some styling that makes it a viable alternative for a living room. The previous model was simply a huge bean bag chair.
- Comfy. The kids love it. Video games, surfing the web, watching TV, etc. -- they are in it.
- Cost. $399 for a bean bag chair (even a high end one)? Yikes!
- Color. It only comes in red. BRIGHT red. If you really wanted this in your living room, it would need to be another color.
- Size. One man's "just right " is another man's "too big." It's a bit big for our needs.
Anyone else out there ever tried a Sumo product? What did you think of it?
I've never tried Sumo branded chairs before, though I do like a good beanbag chair. At that price, I'd really need to know how long it lasts (with an appropriate amount of floof) and how sturdy it is before considering it.
Posted by: Revanche | June 15, 2013 at 11:29 PM
I've never tried out a sumo product but it sounds super comfy! I'm off to check out their site now, is it sumolounge.com?
Posted by: Jimmy | June 17, 2013 at 08:55 AM
The Sumo website shows the price for that Emperor model as $249 instead of $399.
Posted by: jim | June 17, 2013 at 02:03 PM
jim --
They must have lowered it. That was the price when I wrote the post a couple weeks ago.
Posted by: FMF | June 17, 2013 at 02:04 PM
I bought something similar for my daughter. It's call a Cozy Sac. It's sold on Amazon and made in the USA. I believe the prices are lower. It seems to be a good quality product, but be forewarned that the 4 foot Cozy Sac is rather large.
Posted by: K D | June 17, 2013 at 05:45 PM
Hey yeh I noticed it was cheaper too, which can only be a good thing. Maybe I should get myself one.
Posted by: Thomas | June 18, 2013 at 08:00 AM
I never heard of this brand. I agree red is very hard to match, maybe brown or grey would work best for the average consumer.
Posted by: Rich Uncle EL | June 18, 2013 at 02:14 PM